diff --git a/rc/filetype/kakrc.kak b/rc/filetype/kakrc.kak
index 7a9af989..07deda7d 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/kakrc.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/kakrc.kak
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Detection
 # ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
 
-hook global BufCreate (.*/)?(kakrc|.*.kak) %{
+hook global BufCreate (.*/)?(kakrc|.*\.kak) %{
     set-option buffer filetype kak
 }